How To Keep Your Hanging Baskets Blooming Big - All Summer Long!
Want to know the best way to keep your hanging baskets healthy, strong – and most importantly – loaded with blooms all summer long this year...
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The Simple Garden Life
A program dedicated to keeping the art of gardening simple, fun, and always rewarding. Hosts Jim and Mary Competti have been writing, speaking and sharing their love of gardening for the las...
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20 of 53 episodesHow To Fertilize Hostas - Keep Your Hostas Beautiful This Year!
This week Jim & Mary are talking hostas - or more importantly - how and when to fertilize hostas to keep them beautiful all summer long! Unl...
How To Supercharge Your Tomato Planting Hole – 4 Must Add Ingredients To Power Plants Early!
Getting your tomato plants off to a great start is one of the biggest keys to growing a big harvest of juicy tomatoes in the summer – and th...
How To Fill Your Raised Beds With The Right Soil Mix!
When it comes to growing healthy, productive vegetables and flowers in raised beds – success all begins with filling your raised beds with t...
The 3 Biggest Mistakes Gardeners Make Mulching Flowerbeds - And How To Avoid Them
When it comes to maintaining healthy plants and weed-free flowerbeds, mulch is the answer. There is little doubt that it has tremendous bene...
The Best Way To Use Egg Shells To Power Plants & Recharge Your Soil!
Are you using egg shells correctly in your garden and flowerbeds? Egg shells are one of the most commonly recommended organic ingredients fo...
The Best Way To Fertilize Daylilies In Early Spring – How To Get Bigger Blooms This Year!
Jim & Mary discuss early spring daylily care - and how to best fertilize them for bigger blooms! The best time to fertilize daylilies is in...
The Best Way To Support Tomatoes - DIY Tomato Supports!
If you are looking for the best way to support your tomato plants this year without spending a fortune - today's episode covers how to creat...
4 Simple Secrets To Grow Cucumbers Like Crazy!
In this season's first episode, Jim and Mary walk listeners through the four simple steps to planting and growing cucumbers. See how with ju...
How To Best Feed Birds In Winter - Helping Birds Survive Winter!
There is no harder time for birds than trying to survive in the harsh, bleak and cold conditions winter can bring - and there is no better w...
The Secret To Watering Poinsettias - How To Mist Poinsettias!
Did you know that how you water your poinsettias during the holiday season is one of the biggest factors of all in determining just how long...
Drought Resistant Perennials - 6 Plants You Won't Have To Water!
Looking for a few low-maintenance, drought resistant perennials to add big interest and color to your landscape – all without the worry of h...
How To Fertilize Hanging Baskets - Keep Your Baskets Blooming Big All Summer!
See how to fertilize your hanging baslets like a pro! Jim and Mary walk listeners through how to fertilize their baskets low and slow - and...
How To Stop Carpenter Bees - And The Damage They Cause!
Jim and Mary walk listeners through how to stop carpenter bees from damaging the wood around their home, without having to kill of these imp...
How To Jump Start Your Tomato Plants - Get Your Tomatoes Growing Fast!
Want to give your young tomato plants a jump start and get them growing fast? Jim and Mary walk listeners through how to power up tomato pla...
How To Recharge And Reuse Old Potting Soil
Jim and Mary walk listeners through how to recycle, recharge and reuse old potting soil. Potting soil can be one of the biggest annual expen...
The Best Spring Garden Seed Crops To Plant Early – Get Growing Now!
Listen in as Jim and Mary walk you through getting your garden growing early in the season with seed crops! From sugar snap peas, to spinach...
How To Divide Perennials In The Spring
Jim and Mary talk about dividing perennials in the spring, and how to transplant them into your flowerbeds to help add more color and stop w...
How To Make The Best Homemade Potting Soil Around - Without Peat Moss!
In today's episode, Jim and Mary walk listeners through the simple steps for how to create their own powerful and amazing potting soil - wit...
Cutting Back & Dividing Ornamental Grasses In The Spring
Jim & Mary take listeners through the process of ornamental grass care, inlcuding when to cut them back and how to divide and transplant ove...